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[dayt] / deɪt /








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Professor Anderson added: "Until that evidence becomes available, the precise birth date of the animal kingdom remains uncertain."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Some of the earliest dustups date back to the 1990s, when voters rejected a ballot measure to widen the runway to accommodate jumbo jets, such as Boeing 737s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A federal judge will set his sentence at a later date, and a hearing has been scheduled for 28 January.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Patel acknowledged that maybe another approach would have landed him a first date sooner, and later in the interview hinted that a proposal was on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

And here I am, between Dara and her date.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

This technique compares genetic differences among living species and combines them with fossil dates and estimated rates of evolutionary change to calculate when common ancestors may have lived.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The ambition to build a nuclear power plant at Rooppur dates back to the 1960s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Colburn School dates to 1950 and moved to its current location downtown in 1998, where it has more than 2,000 students, most of whom range from middle school to college age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The historic main residence, which dates to the 1890s, offers approximately 8,500 square feet of living space and boasts 9.5 bathrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

She knew better than he did about his due dates.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

In a letter dated April 23, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said he was sorry OpenAI didn’t contact law enforcement about Van Rootselaar, whose ChatGPT account the company suspended in June 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Before this study, the Ames impact had only been dated using biological evidence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Dillehay held herself out as an example of a woman who failed; she said she had dated men who were “flippant,” which appears to be her code word for fun.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

We’d dated after college; I’d always felt guilty I’d ended the relationship.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

She'd never even dated before she married my dad.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

However it leads on what it bills as an exclusive about two of the hosts of Match of the Day dating.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Danny Stockli, dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences and a co-author of the study, said zircon U-Pb dating offers one of the most accurate ways to determine when events occurred deep in Earth's past.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

In our first month of dating, I unknowingly gave him COVID-19.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The evidence comes from tiny magnetic fossils dating back 97 million years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

At one point, Rachel had been interested in dating Percy.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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